Weekly Cases Update Volume 46, Issue 2

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Volume 45, Issue 35

Valbruna Slater Steel Corp. v. Joslyn Manufacturing Co.
ELR 202381:10-cv-044(N.D. Ind., )

A district court held that the prior owner of a contaminated site is jointly and severally liable for the current owner's response costs under CERCLA §107(a). The prior owner argued that the current owner has not incurred costs that are necessary or consistent with the NCP.

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Held consistent with
Cahaba Riverkeeper v. United States Environmental Protection Agency,
ELR 2023414-13508(11th Cir., )

The Eleventh Circuit denied environmental groups' lawsuit challenging EPA's interim decision not to revoke Alabama's NPDES permitting authority.

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State programs, §402(b)